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HARRISBXJRG mm&M TELEGRAPH
LXXXVI — No. 76 20 PAGES
TURK ARMY
CORPS LOST
IN PALESTINE
British Troops .Force Way Fifteen Miles Along Mediter
ranean; Germans Strike Back in Champagne in Vain
Attempt to Check Ceaseless Pounding by French on
Hindenburg Line
London, March 29.—The entire divisional staff of the Fifty-third
Turkish Division in Palestine has been captured by the British, it is
announced officially.
The British army in Palestine has defeated'a Turkish army of
20,000 men, capturing 900 men, including a general, the war office
announced.
The official statement says that British troops have advanced
for a distance of fifteen miles along the southern Palestine coast of
the Mediterranean. The British forces have pushed forward from
Kafa to the Wadi Ghuzzeh, a river five miles south of Gaza
(Ghuzzeh.) Gaza is twenty miles north of the Egyptian-Syrian
boundry.
German* Strike liack
The Germans are sinking back tn |
Champagne in a determined effort to
divert General Nivelle from his cease- j
less pounding at the base of the
shaken Hindenburg line. The scene of 1
the counter offensive launched by
Field Marshal Von Hindenburg is j
along a fifteen-mile front, starting i
about 26 miles east of Rhelms. At
lacking in force in this sector the
Germans have driven the French
from some of their advanced trenches,
but have failed so far to make a seri
ous impression on the defender's lines.
In the meantime the iron semicircle i
which General Nivelle has thrown'
around the southern half of the great
St. Gobain plateau is steadily contract
ing. If the French maintain their
present rate of advance it can only Pe
a matter of a very few days before
the entire plateau is in their grasp,
removing the last great natural barrier
to Laon.
The British are moving forward
steadily to the north, but the fact that
Commonwealth Furnishings
Will Be Disposed of at
Public Sale, April 3
With the public sale of tho furnish
ings of the Commonwealth Hotel on
April S, ono or the most "amous hos
tclries in the State will pass into his
tory. The property which Is owned
by the McCormick estate, will be re
tno.ielcd and made an office building.
This hotel has been the stopping
place of many distinguished persons,
including President Lincoln, General
V. S. Grant, afterward President of
tho United States, the Prince of Wales
and other notables.
In the early 50's the hotel was
known as the Cloverly. Later it be
came the Jones House and then the
Leland. During the proprietorship of
the late James Russ, prior to his re
moval to The Senate, it was named
the Commonwealth. It has been the
headquarters of all political parties
during State conventions and legisla
tive sessions.
$25,000 Contributed For
Erection of New Hill Church
Supporters of the movement for the
proposed new Methodist church to be
erected 011 the Hill announce that the
financial prospects are good.
Twenty-five thousands dollars has
already been subscribed and an
endowment of $2,000 promised. As
his share in the building of the new
church, the Rev. Richard Howard Col
burn has offered his services as pastor
for one year without charge to the
congregation. The committee of five
appointed to select a location expects
to meet in the near future to decide
011 the location and architecture of the
church.
I THE WEATHER]
For Harrisburg nml vicinity 1 Kair
to-night 11ml Fridnyi lowest tem
pueraturv to-night nliout 3li de
grees.
For Eastern Peiinaylvnnln: Fair to
night, slightly colder in south
east portion; Friday fulr; moder
ate to freah northwest winds.
Hlver
The Susquehanna river and all Ita
bronchea nlll fall to-night untl
Friday, except the loner portion
or the inuin river, which wlli re
main nearly atationary to-night
and begin to fall Friday. A atuge
of nliout 10.5 feet la indicated for
llarriaburg Friday morniug.
General Condltlona
The disturbance thut was central
over Manitoba, Wednesday morn
ing, haa moved southeastward
with Increasing energy and la
now central over the Upper St.
I.awrence Valley. It cauaed rain
pnd anow In the laat twenty-four
hour* In the l.nke Kegion and the
Lpper Ohio Valley, and thence
eastward to the Atlantle coaat.
Haln haa continued In the North
Pacific States aa a result of a
nevr disturbance that haa moved
Inland over Western Canada.
Elsewhere fair weather has pre
vailed. except over the southern
portion of the Florida peninsula,
where a thundershowcr occurred
Wednesday night.
There has been a general rise of 2
to 18 degrees In temperature over
all the territory represented on
the map, except In Western Min
nesota, the Dakotas, Wyoming,
Northern Colorado and In Mani
toba. where It la to 14 decrees
colder.
Temperature I 8 a. m., 40 degrees
above sero.
Sum Hlaes, 5i48 a. m.
Mooni New moon. April 8.
River Stages tt.3 feet above low
water mark.
Yesterday's Wrath--
Highest temperature. 50.
l,owest temperature. 35.
Meaa temperature. 42.
Normal temperature, 43.
they are capturing villages with cav
| airy indicates that they are not yet til
1 contact with the main German forces,
i The most advanced British outposts
! are still ten miles from the Cambrai
line, where allied observers have as
sumed the Germans propose to make
j their real stand.
Military critics in Paris and Lon
! don are reverting to the belief that
I the present German retreat is only
| part of tho plan for a retirement on a
| tremendous scale to the Belgian bor
! der. In support of this theory It is
I pointed out that the withdrawal from
{ the Noyon and Bapaume saltents is
; rapidly forcing the whole German line
: into the form of an Immense right
j angle. The upright of this angle runs
I north and south for 120 miles from
Nieuport on the Belgian coast to Laon.
The horizontal runs for about an equal
distance east to the Lorraine border.
It is into the apex of this angle that
General Nievelle is boring his way,
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'Will Turn Hospital
Over to Government
in Event War Comes
The directors of the Harrisburg Hos
pital have offered tho hospital to the
government In case of an emergency
! during war.
The hospital at the present time is
; crowded to its fullest capacity and
i plans for its use would be left entirely
iin the hands of the Federal authori
j ties.
Costs Railways Many
Millions More to Operate
By Associated Press
Washington, March 9.—increased cost
of railroad operations, upon which the
railroads of the country base appli
cations for a general advance in freight
; rates, is reflected in statistics made
public to-day oy tho interstate Com
merce Commission, covering operations
for January,
i Total operating revenues throughout
i the country increased about $40,000,000
during the month over January, 1916.
This increase was nearly ofTset by a
$31,000,000 increase in operating ex
penses. The net operating Income.
! after deducting taxes and uncollectible
! revenues, was $71,929,868, an increase
i over January 1916 of $7,000,000, al
j though the figure falls below the aver
! age monthly return for 1916.
State College Students
Visit City Filter Plant
Twenty-five seniors from State Col
lege to-day inspected the city filter
! plant, pumping station, Cumberland
1 Valley Railroad bridge, and a number
of local industrial plants. H. B. Shat
tuck, professor of railroad engineering
at the college, was In charge, the party
i arriving shortly after 8 o'clock this
morning. Dr. Saipuel G. Dixon, State
j Health Commissioner, gave the city
! authorities permission to allow the
college students to visit the plants.
This is an annual event of the stu
dents, who make a careful study of
the filtration and pumping methods at
the city plants, which are among the
best in the country. Dinner wns served
at the Metropolitan Hotel after the
morning tour.
WHEAT I'll ICES BREAK ItCCORD
By Associated Press
Chicago. March 29.—Wheat for de
j livery next May to-day sold at 197
the highest price since the beginning
iof the war In Europe. The locking up
! of the Russian supply, the Argentina
failure, the short domestic supply and
crop damage this spring lie at the
bottom of present prices, according to
crop experts.
CAR SHORTAGE LESS
By Associated Press
Washington, D. C.. March 29.—With
continued improvement shown dally in
reports from virtually every affected
section, 'he car shortage and conges
tion which demoralized traffic through
out tho country last winter probably
will be entirely cleared away within
two weeks, in the opinion to-day of
officials of the Interstate Commerce
Commission.
CZAR WANTS SON SAFE
By Associated Press
London. March 29. The former
Russian emperor has asked the pro
visional government to permit his lit
i tie son to go to Norway for the sake
j of nis health, according to a Petro
! grad dispatch to the Exchange Tele
graph Company. The dlepatch says
: that permission has not yet been
I granted.
HARRISBURG, PA.,THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 29, 1917.
"WAR LEAST OF OUR TROUBLES"
SAYS SAILOR FROM PENNA.
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GROUP OF P ENXSYLVANIA SAILORS ENJOYING NAVY LIFE
GOVERNOR SENDS
SUPPORT PLEDGE
TO PRESIDENT
Committee of Safely Stands
Ready to Do Its Utmost;
Ex-Governor Named
Piompt steps to put into im
mediate operation the general plan
for mustering the strength and
resources of Pennsylvania, adopt
ed yesterday afternoon at the
notable meeting of the committee
on safety and defense, are being
taken to-day. While the sub
committee named by the execu-
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BRYAN APPEALS
TO CONGRESS TO
KEEP OUT OF WAR
Would Have United States Try
/lis So-Called Peace
Plan
By Associated Press
Miami, Fla., March 29.—William J.
Bryan to-day addressed an appeal to
the Senate and House of Representa
tives urging that an attempt be made
to secure the suspension of Germany's
i ruthless submarine campaign through
the application of the so-called Bryan
peace plan which provides for an In
vestigation of all disputes by an Inter
national tribunal before resort to war.
Mr. Bryan asked that Congress also
consult the wishes of the people
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75,000 Mennonites Want
to Avoid War Training
By Associated Press
Lima, Ohio, March 29.—Congressman
B. K. Welty, of Lima, who will reach
Washington to-day, will submit to Pres
j ieffent Wilson a resolution adopted by
75,000 members of the Mennonite
i Church protesting against compulsory
, military training and asking that they
be exempted from military service in
the event the United States Is engaged
!in war. The resolution sets forth that
' the Mennonite Church does not counte
| nance war.
1 J. A. Huffmann, professor of a Men
nonite college at BlUffton, Ohio, and
j Rev. Jacob Schneider, of Alloona. Pa.,
i will accompany Congressman Welty,
Claim Right to Cross
Cemetery in Penbrook
to Get to Their Homes
Because they thought they had a
right to cross the East Harrisburg
Cemetery property, in Penbrook, to get
to their homes, William Lewis and Wil
son Mickey, of Penbrook, appealed a
suit against them for trespass to the
county co'.rt. They were represented
I by W. Justin Carter, and the hearing
{took place this morning.
Both were prosecuted by officials of
> the cemetery company, who are at
tempting to break up the practice of
1 trespassing on the property. When
taken before a Justice tney were fined
$lO each and costs, but appealed from
the summary conviction.
GIVE-TP KIGHT-HOCn DAY
By Associated Press
Petrograd, March 29, via London.—
' The workmen in all the factories en*
, gaged In manufacturing for the na
; tional defense have decided to re
j nounce for the period of the war one
• of the fundamental Items of the labor
program, namely, the eight-hour day,
j it Is announced here semiofficially. The
; decision was taken In view of the
necessity of augmenting the output
I of munitions.
1 SHOOTS WIFE: KILLS SELF
Philadelphia. March 29. Frank
; Schifani, 3t>, returned home early to
| day after being away several days,
I entered his wife's bedroom and shot
and seriously wounded her as she lay
asleep with four small children at her
side. He then killed himself. A quar
rel Is said to have cauAed Schlfant to
leave home. About two days ago he
i went to visit his brother, Joseph, a
barber, at York, Pa.
(sht Star- Uni^tpmbent
Enthusiastic Enlisted Man
Says He Can Not Speak
Too Highly of the Serv
ice; Wants All Young
Men to Join Him
in the Fun
Life on the ocean wave is graphically
set fo-th in a letter to the editor of
the HAKHISBURG TELEGRAPH
from a Pennsylvania ratlor. The let
ter follows:
Dear Sir—l can Just imagine
the rumors about the war that are
in your town at present. This
picture was taken ten days ago
along the beach of '.he Caribbean
sea. The U. S. S. Ol.vmpia and
U. S. S. S. New Hampshire are
shown in the distance.
Does it look -as if we worry
about anything? War is the least
of our troubles. Just came back
to the United States and it was
just our luck to anchor in a dry •
state. Ain'.t that sad? Ha!
You could not go to extremes
in any article you write about
good fun and the famous West
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ELISHALEE IS
MADE MANAGER
OF PENNSY LINES
Succeeds Late S. C. Long
Whose Assistant He For
merly Was
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Kb.
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ELISHA LEE
Philadelphia, March 29. Klisha
[ Lee, assistant general manager of the
' Pennsylvania Railroad lines east of
Pittsburgh, was to-day appointed gen
eral manager. He succeeds S. C. Long,
who died several days ago.
Klisha Lee was born in at Chicago,
111., September 24, 1870. When he was
I 7 years old his family removed to
Trinidad, British West Indies, where
l he remained until 1883.
Mr. Lse entered the service of the
Pennsylvania Railroad in November,
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TWO AMERICANS SAVED
WHEN SHIP IS SUNK
By Associated Press
Washington. March 29. The Brit-
Ish bark TCeath, from Mauretius for
Havre with sugar, was torpedoed
without warning at 8:45 a. m. Tues
day, 28 miles southeast of Fastnet, ae-<
cording to State Department reports'
to-day from Consul Frost at Queens-'
town. Two Americans, Clarence
Bloom, of San Francisco, and Peter i
Webster, negro seaman, of Pensacola,!
Kla., were aboard the Neath but ex- j
caped together with other member*]
of the crew without loss or Injury.
' SOCIALIST BACKS AMERICA
By Associated press
New York, March 29.—The mayor's
committee on national defense an
nounced to-day that Charles Edward
Russell, formerly a candidate for gov
ernor of New York on the Socialist
ticket, had asked to have lits name
signed to the declaration circulated by
the committee supporting the Presi
dent In the protection of American
rights. Mr. Russell is one of the eight
leading Socialists wh< recently Issued
a statement favoring Arm action by
the United States in the present crisis" i
NATION DEPENDS
ON ITS NAVY IN
CRISIS--DANIELS
Midshipmen Graduated Ahead
of Time Told War
Come Soon
By Associated Press
Annapolis, Md., March 29. The
class of 183 midshipmen commissioned
at tlie Naval Academy to-day. three
months ahead of the time of their
regular graduation, were told by Sec
retary Daniels that the nation expected
them to be ready "for the day that
may come—how soon, who can tell?—
when upon your coolness and knowl
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RUMMAGE SALE
OPENED WITH
RUSH AND BANG
First Hour Sales Total $500;
Thousands Storm Doors Seek
ing First Choice
The annual rummage sale is on. It
started off with a whoop and a rush
i this morning at 9 o'clock. From the
| minute the doors were thrown open
Until time was called at 1 o'clock to
give the "poor shopgirls" a chance to
| catch their breath and grab a bite,
: thousands of bargain-seekers, some
| carrying bulky bags and clothesbas
kets, jammed the aisles.
An hour before the sale began a
crowd estimated at over four hundred
had gathered in Walnut street, between
Court and second. It was an order
ly mob, but when rumors started to
, fly about that potatoes were priced
lie a quarter peck something akin to
panic seized the throng, and the fe
! male of the species, armed with mar
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Jap Warship Reported
Sunk by a German
Radier in Pacific
By Associated Preis
Vancouver. B. C., March 29. a
dispatch to the Canadian News from
| Toklo says that a German raider has
sunk a Japanese warship in ihe
Southern Pacific. The names of the
vessels were not disclosed.
It was officially announced In Toklo
about two weeks ago that a converted
German cruiser had been sighted in
the Indian ocean and was being traced
by Japanese and British warships
after the raider had sunk a Japanese
freight ship. Prior to that two Brit
i ish steamships were reported to have
] been destroyed by an armed mer
chantman oft Colombo, Ceylon.
Almshouse Inmates Will
Have Movie Shows Twice
a Month at County Home
Acting on the recommendation of
the grand Jury for the March sessions
,of court, an arrangement has been
: made to have motion picture exhibits
at the Dauphin county almshouse
(every two weeks. The first one will be
given to-morrow night,
i The films will be furnished by the
Universal Film Exchange and Max
! well Hlte, motion picture machine
operator, has volunteered to exhibit
them for the Inmates. Six rsdls will
be shown at each entertainment, it
was announced.
Although movies were shown oc
casionally. according to the Directors
of the Poor, no regular programs were
followed out. The offer of the Film
Exchange has made scores of the in- '
mates happy. Other enteMalnment*
are planned also by church societies.
TRADES UNIONS CLOSED
Madrid, Spain, March 29, via Lon- j
don.—The headquarters of the trades!
unions wtU be closed to-day.
Single Copy, 2 Cents HOME EDITION
SPAIN DECLARES
MARTIAL LAW TO
CRUSH REVOLT
Constitutional Guarantees Sus
pended on Every Province
in Nation
REBELS UNDER ARREST
Cabinet Moves Quickly to Deal
With Sedition; Appeal
to People
London, March 29. The Of
ficial Gazette at Madrid*published
to-day a decree suspending con
stitutional guarantees in all
provinces of the kingdom, Rcu
ter's Madrid correspondent
cables.
The Spanish government will
adopt measures made necessary
for the preservation of order in
view of an appeal to the people
which is characterized as sedi
tious savs a Reuter dispatch from
Madrid.
No information had been re
ceived here early this afternoon
in explanation of the suspension
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Germans Reach Trenches
Prepared by Hindenburg;
Allies Rush Up Guns
By Associated Press
Ixjndon, March 29. The Germans
are now entrenched along the front
over which the French and British have
been advancing, according to a state
ment made to The Associated Press to
day by Major General F. B. Maurice.
General Maurice, who is chief direc
tor of military operations at the War
Office, said that whether the positions
taken up by the Germans formed the
much-advertised Hindenburg line would
not be revealed until the French and
British armies had brought up their
heavy artillery.
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I SUUMARINEXAMPAIGN
k • LONDON", MARCH, 29.. INFORMATION • Dl-'
| RECT Ff-'OM GERMANY ASSE'JTS THAT CHAN
f CELLOR BETHMANN-HOLLWEG WILL OFFER A
|\RGE MEASURE ol< ELECTORAL REFORM AND A
| POSSIBLE MOM RATION OF THE SUBMARINE
| CAMPAIGN IN AN ELEVENTH HOUR ATTEMPT
k TO .1 AV:• ; WAR w: } u A :-OCA.
) A P GETS I*v!"
f New York, March 29 The application of The A*
| sociated Press for j writ of injunction restraining the In
} ternational News Service from appropriating complaint's
I ncwi. . prior ,tc by complaintant'i.
J members was, granted by Judge Augustus M. Hand in the
I Feck: 7 un to-...
' STOPS OFFENSIVE". M RUMANIA
■ Petro • ''arch 29. -macks on the south
' ern ' <! < lonian ft . *rM yesterday,
'but were stopped by Russian fire.
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Ilarrisbur Scoutma •■. C . "eld McAllister,
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charge of the Boy m HO r.obu.g, has offered the
' - ;t; W E Quir -
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in charge of the real naval recruittt-g office, in posting ad
) vcrtir.mg roughout ■ ■' :.c scouts, will be
1 in char jc ~ out Scribe Klugh, ted by Scouts Wic
land, Speakman, Carson, Luts and Morgen.
, MARKET CLOSING HEAVY
' Further shrinkage; of valuer to lowest levels of the da.,*
occur cd in'the final hour The closing was heavy. Sales,
( were e&'vimat.<d at bhaiev
BEATEN SENSELESS IN STREET
Harrisburg. George 8. Harris, was attacked and/
beaten into insensibility late this afternoon by an unidenti
fied negro. The assult occurred at the corner of Fifth and
and Walnut Streets. Robbery is,thought by the police have
• been the motive • ® .
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MARRIAGE LICENSES "T
Hoy Clayton Keller, Kellrrvllle, nnd Kvn Lena Illllman, Cocalamaa.
John Utorie Hoover, llarrlnburii, and Helen Care KnulTman, Itlveralde.
Harry Krank Starnbo, Harrlabar*, and Mary Catherine Sweftr, New
Rloomdeld. '
Charles Nclon Bnxhore and Martha Washington Rice, Harrlabnr*.
Aadcraoa Fisher Corbln, Steelton. and Jennetta Stokeley, llnrrlsburs
WILSON HOPES
CONGRESS WILL
AVOID DELAYS
President Plans to Appear Be
fore Body Tuesday or
Wednesday
DEMOCRATS ARE DIVIDED
Public Opinion May Keep
Petty Squabbling at
Minimum
By Associated Press
Washington, March 2" President
Wilson was said (D-day to be hopeful
that the House of Representatives will
rush its organization plans so that
there will be no delay In affording
him opportunity to make his addresu
on the war situation to a joint session
with the Senate. No matter how the
final organization is perfected, ad
ministration leaders are anxious that
if a prolonged light is in prospect some
sort of an arrangement be made for
temporary organization to permit the
President to uppear Tuesday or Wed
nesday. These officials feel that puli
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Chamberlain Asks the
President to Indorse
Universal Training
By Associated Press
Washington. 1). C.. March 29.—Chair
man Chamberlain, of the Senate mili
tary committee, with a White House
engagement for late to-day, said ha
would ask President Wilson, in his ad
dress to Congress next week, to en
dorse universal military training as a
preparedness mearure of first Import
ance.
Impetus was given the movement for
universal training legislation to-dav
when a call went out to Itepublicaii
House members for a conference on the
subject to-morrow. Representatives
Green, of Vermont; Gray, of New Jer
sey; Piatt, of New York; Gardner, oT
Massachusetts; McArtliur, of Oregon,
and McCormick, of Illinois, issued the
notice asking "Ftepublican members
elect who favor the principle of uni
versal compulsory military training" to
the meeting. Many members have In
dicated their acceptance. Representa
tive Caldwell, of New York, a Demo
crat, has announced he will lntroduc
the Chamberlain bill for universal ser
I vice as soon as Congress convenes.